Vehicle-lock.



A. G. FEISTEL.

VEHICLE LOCK.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 15,1908.

918,741. Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

fifi-L 2 4 WITNESSES UNITED sT TEs' PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST o. FEISTEL, or NEW YORK, N. Y., asslenon or ONE-HALFTU ontoTRILL, or

WOODHAVEN, NEW YORK.

VEHICLE-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed October 1903. Serial No. 457,794.

Locks, of whichthe following is a s ecifica--.

tion, such as will enable those skillecin the art to whichit appertainsto make and use the same.v 1

This invention relates to vehicle locks and particularly to devicesofthis class designed to prevent a horse or horses from running whenhitched to the vehicle; and the object thereof is to provide an improveddevice 01' devices of tllrsclass which may be operated vby the driver ofthe vehicle whenever necessary, and by means of which all the wheels ofthe vehicle may be instantly locked whenever desired; and with this andother objects in view the invention consists in deviceor devices of theclass specified constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention isfully disclosed in thefollowing specification, of whichthe accompanying drawing forms apart, in which the separate parts 0myllmprovement are designated by suitable 1 reference characters 111each of the views, and in which Figure 1 is a side vie'w of an ordinaryexpress wagon providedwith my improvement'and partly in section, Fig. 2a plan view of the running gear with the bed or body removed, and;-Fi-g. 3 a sectional cledevice or devices.

In the: drawing forming part of this SPBBlfiCfltlOllyI have shown anordinary expressfivagou, the running gear of which comprises the usualfront and rear axles a and b, the front wheels a, rear wheels b thefifth wheel construction 0 and body (Z, the fifth wheel construction 0being sup- ,lted by the usual springs and, (vi and the body (Z beingsupported on the fifthwheel construction and on the rear axle by meansof springs r and (2 all these parts being of the usual or any preferredcon- "struction and forming no partof this oinvention.

The hubs 71 of the rear wheels 6 are provided at their inner ends withbands 7' having radial pins or projections 7' any desired numberof'which may be employed, and the sliubs a of the front wheels a areprovided tail of the means for operating the looking with similar bandshaving radial pins or projections 9 any desired number of which may beemployed.

Mounted on and secured to the opposite end portions of the rear axle binwardly of the wheels '6 are housings h in which are mountedlongitudinally movable bolts k connected by a contractile spring 71*,and mounted on and securedto the opposite end portions ofthe front axlea inwardly "of the wheels a are housings z' in which. are mountedlongitudinally movable bolts {2 connected by a contractile spring 27 andthe housings i, bolts and springs 2' are similar in all respects to thecorresponding housings h, bolts I1 and sprin it on or over the rearaxle. The bolts hand 2 are provided at their outer ends with stops Ifand i to limit their inward movement.

The bolts k are provided at their inner ends with suitable keepers j,and secured at the rear sides of the housings h as shown at j are wirecables or other'flexible cords- /e which are passed through the keepersj and through other keepers j secured forwardly of the housings h, andthe cables or cords hare connected at witha similar cable or cord kwhich is carried forwardly centrally and longitudinally of the runninggcarand passed over pulleys or keepers 7c and If over the' fifth wheelconstruction c, and supported beneath the front end of the body of thevehicle is a bell crank m with the rear arm of which the cable or cordis is connected;

The bolts 5 .areprovided at their inner ends with keepers 0, and;secured rear 'ardly of the housings z in which the bolts 2' are placedand. as shown at 0- are wire cords or cables p which-are passed throughthe keepers oandthrough other keepers 0 at the vfront of thehohsings z,and said cables or cords 7) are then passed throu h a keeper If midwayof the ront axle a, from which they are passed over through or aroundthe keeper k and also connected with the rear arm of the'bell 0 ant: m.I The body (Z of the vehicle, in the construction shown, is providedwith a front seat (I and with a forwardly directed foot support (1", andconnected with the'front arm of the bell crank in is a rod 1' whichpasses up wardly through the foot v support (i or through an enlargedopening (If formed. therein, and said rod is provided'at its upper endwith a handle, ring or similar device 9*,

and at one side thereof with a tooth or pro-, 1

.nd to hold said rod in its raised position, in

which position the locking bolts h? and 2' are thrown outwardly so as toengage the pins or projections f and g on the hubs of the rear wheels 6and front wheels a The normal position of the parts is that shown inFig. 2, and in this position the locking bolts b and i are drawninwardly by the sprin s [2, and 2' and in this position of said partsthe bolt 1" is in the position shown in Fig. 1. It, at any time, thedriver or operator of. the vehicle desires to lockthe wheels, all thatis necessary is to pull upwardly on the rod r. This operation projectsthe bolts h and i against the operationof the springs 71,3 and i sothatsaid bolts will engage the pins f and g on the hubs of the rear andfront wheels, and at this time the catch plate 8 is moved into theposition shown in Fig. 8 and-the bolt i is retained in its raisedposition and the wheels of the.

vehicle will be securely locked, and all that is necessary in order tounlock said wheels is to move'the catchplate 8 out of engagement withthe bolt 1*.

lVi-th my improvement applied to av ve hicle of the class shown anddescribed it will apparentthat ,the front axle may be turned at rightangles to the rear axle. of the vehicle without interfering with thelocking device or devices, or the operation thereof, and by reason ofthis fact my improvement as shown and described is particularlyapplicable to express and delivery wagons in large cities-and towns loutit' will also be apparent that my improvement may be applied toother'kinds and classes of veh cles, and various changes in andmodificationsof the construction shown and describe may be made, withinthe scope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit ofmy invention or sacrificing its them inwardly out of engagement with thehubs of the wheels. flexible devices connected with the'inner ends ofsaid bolts and passed around pulleys supported at the ends of the axleand connectedwith a supplenuutal flexible device under the control ofthe operator oi the vehicle, whereby a pull on said supplementalflexible device will project said bolts and cause them to engage thehubs ot' the wheels;

2. The herein described means for locking the wheels of a vehiclecomprising bolts arrangedover the oppositeend portions of the axles andmovable longitudinally thereof and adapted to engage the hubs. of thewheels, tensional devices connecting the bolts over the axle and adaptedto draw them inwardly out of engagement with the hubs oi the wheels, andflexible devices connected with the inner ends of said bolts and passedaround pulleys at the ends of the axles and under the control of theoperator of the vehicle for forcing said bolts outwardly and causingthem to engage the hubs of the wheels In' testimony that I claim theforegoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of thesubscribingwitn'essos this 14th day of October, 1908.

AUGUST t FEISTEIL \Yitnesses A.'R. Arrnnanm, C. E. Monnmxv.

